facing and dealing with is a culture that not everyone american views, kimberly out there and doing yeoman'swork, but there is a heck of a lot more going on behind the scenes that people don't know about, and how big a threat, and how big a risk is going on in this country putting people at risk for this type of situation on a daily basis. >> jj, in your reporting where does the national rifle association fall into the mix. >> they don't. most likely just looking at where i report and what i report, i don't get into political issues, but what i do is report on operational and active situations. this is one that th the national rifle association, the name comes up a few times, and people have their points of view. but at the end of the day i'm sure the national rifle association, as everyone else in this situation, is looking at this and thinking there has to be something that we can do to fix this. >> are you surprised, kim, by the strong opposition against gun control in this country? >> yes, that wa we are a strongd loud minority. i can tell you what wayne lapierre had to say this morning

our moderator did yeoman's work the crisis.e crisis was not a single event precipitated by the bankruptcy of lehman brothers. it was an ongoing process that took months. depending on who you talk to, began years earlier. but we use use lehman brothers as a reference point for the unfolding crisis. i am sure the panel would agree it was a confluence of many factors. steve is going to act as our moderator. we will have time for questions from the audience as we have them. these join me in welcoming our panel. -- please join me in welcoming our panel. [applause] i need to start off by saying how disappointed i am, not i the panel, but i thought i had my one chance to sit on the chairs behind me and that did not happen. >> you did not negotiate. >> we could get a photo of you afterward. >> ok. >> well, let's go to a committee now, not a subcommittee. >> the two gentlemen to my right and left have had ample opportunity to sit in the stuffed chairs behind me. cocreated the legislation known as dodd frank. to my right is the honorable

again, i thank the sponsors for their yeoman's work in getting us to this point and i look forward to the discussion and the debate that we will have in the days ahead. and with that, mr. president, i will yield the floor. i know that senators -- senator shaheen with all the work that she's put into this is anxious to finally be discussing her bill on the floor of the senate chamber. mrs. shaheen: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: as my colleague, senator murkowski says, i'm thrilled to be on the floor of the senate today, after three years of work with senator portman and so many other people to be talking about energy -- the energy savings and industrial competitiveness act. i want to begin by thanking chairman wyden and ranking member murkowski for all of the support and great work that the energy committee has done to help get this bill to the floor. as they pointed out and as i know you know, mr. president, the energy committee in the senate has been very bipartisan. i had the opportunity to spend my first four years here on the e